Day: August 23, 2018

Image copyright Homeland Security Investigations/Yuma Sector BP Image caption The tunnel is suspected to have been used to shuffle drugs from Mexico into the US US authorities have found a secret drug tunnel stretching from a former KFC in the US state of Arizona to Mexico. The 600ft (180m) passageway was in the basement of…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ed King, pictured in 2006, co-wrote the hit song Sweet Home Alabama Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King, who co-wrote the hit Sweet Home Alabama, has died aged 68. The musician died at home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday, according to a post on his Facebook page. The cause…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ms Tibbetts planned to study psychology at university The Iowa college student killed during a jog this month died from “multiple sharp force injuries”, according to a post-mortem examination. The Iowa State Medical Examiner determined that Mollie Tibbetts’ death was a homicide, but did not specify what caused the fatal…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ms DeVos participated in a school safety meeting at the White House this month The Trump administration is considering allowing schools to access federal education funding to purchase guns for teachers, US media report. The Department of Education (DoE) is looking at allowing states to use academic enrichment funds for…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Maxime Bernier has quit the Conservative Party of Canada, months after losing its leadership race, where he is pictured here Canadian MP Maxime Bernier has quit the Conservative Party of Canada and says he will form his own party devoted to “more freedom, less government”. He says his party…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Jeff Sessions has been a frequent target of Mr Trump’s very public ire US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has responded to Donald Trump’s latest attack on him by insisting that the justice department he heads will not bend to political pressure. The apparent rebuke of Mr Trump came after the…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Winner has been sentenced to 63 months in prison A former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who admitted passing top secret information to the media has been sentenced to more than five years. Reality Winner, 26, had faced up to 10 years in prison, but this was reduced to 63…

Image copyright Steven Fennidy/facebook Image caption Faith Fennidy, aged 11, sobs as she is told to leave class because of her braided hair style A video of a schoolgirl leaving class because her braids violated school rules has generated a discussion on discrimination and the lack of understanding about black people’s hair. Eleven-year-old Faith Fennidy…